FILLMORE — The South Central Conference boys golfers had their conference tournament on Monday at the Indian Springs Golf Course. The Pana Panthers finished ninth overall with a score of 442; Hillsboro won the tournament with a score of 303, then it was Litchfield with a 340, Vandalia with a 350, Roxana with a 360, Staunton with a 363, Greenville with a 378, Piasa Southwestern with a 386, and Carlinville with a 414.Tuesday, September 26, 2017

PANA — At Oak Terrace Golf Course, Pana’s Noah Hutchinson tied for the medal position shooting a 44 on a hot Wednesday afternoon. The Panthers would fall short of North Mac and Staunton; North Mac shot a 191, Staunton a 197, and Pana a 213.Thursday, September 21, 2017

EFFINGHAM — Pana girls golf traveled to Effingham where they faced off against the host school and Mt. Zion. The Panthers finished in second with a 229, being bested by Effingham who shot a 192 and defeated Mt. Zion who shot a 246.Wednesday, September 20, 2017

PANA — The Panther girls were only two strokes behind Teutopolis and a third place finish in their quad match on Monday. The Panthers finished with a 213, Teutopolis a 211, Greenville a 204, and Williamsville a 189.Tuesday, September 19, 2017

PANA — A shoot out, a track meet, a barn burner; there are hardly words to describe Friday’s showdown in Pana where the 3-0 Panthers hosted the 3-0 Carlinville Cavaliers in perhaps the South Central Conference’s biggest matchup of the season.Saturday, September 16, 2017

PANA — The Pana Panthers hosted Taylorville and Effingham St. Anthony at Oak Terrace on Thursday. Taylorville would continue their streak of successful matches, coming away with the win with Effingham St. Anthony finishing second and Pana finishing third.

LITCHFIELD — Teagan Strom would shoot a 43 to medal for the Pana Panthers at the Litchfield Country Club on Tuesday. The Panthers as a team would finish second with a 204 beating Hillsboro and Litchfield. Bethalto would best the Panthers with a 202.Wednesday, September 13, 2017

HILLSBORO — Pana boys golf would finish in third as they took on Hillsboro and Roxana Monday. Hillsboro would win the match at home shooting a 154, Roxana would finish in second shooting a 187, and Pana would finish third shooting a 235.Tuesday, September 12, 2017

PANA — The Panther girls played at their home course Monday, but would fall to Charleston and Sullivan. Charleston shot a 185 to win the match, Sullivan shot a 213, and Pana followed them with a 218.Tuesday, September 12, 2017

SPRINGFIELD — The Panther girls competed against Springfield High and Williamsville Thursday. Springfield would finish in the top spot, shooting a 191, Williamsville would finish in second with a 199, and Pana would finish third shooting a 238.

TAYLORVILLE — The Route 29 rivalry continued as the Panthers defeated the Tornadoes 5-4 in their soccer game Thursday. The plaque now resides in Pana once more, but it certainly wansn’t an easy win for the Panthers despite a 4-0 lead at the half.

STAUNTON — The Panther boys golf team would finish just two strokes behind Carlinville in their quad match Tuesday against Staunton, Mt. Olive and Carlinville. Staunton would win the match with a final score of 178, Mt. Olive would come in second with a 212, with Carlinville finishing third with a 228 and Pana finishing fourth with a 230.Wednesday, September 6, 2017

PANA — If getting to play in front of a home crowd is nice, then getting to play in front of a home crowd for the first time in six games must be amazing. This was an opportunity for the Pana Panthers to put on a show, and did they ever, defeating Piasa Southwestern 6-1.Wednesday, September 6, 2017

ROCHESTER — Rochester park hosted 22 boys and 21 girls teams on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The Tornadoes would come out on top of the boy group and Williamsville would win the girls division.Monday, September 4, 2017

PANA — “Kickoff, kickoff return, offense, defense, I don’t care what it is, we will start off fast,” Pana Head Football Coach Trevor Higgins told his squad in the locker room prior to Friday night’s contest with the Roxana Shells.Saturday, September 2, 2017

PANA — In an odd twist, it was senior night in Pana on Thursday. The event, typically reserved for the end of the season, was moved so that the Panther volleyball team might use it to help build momentum for a successful season.Friday, September 1, 2017

FILLMORE — Pana girls traveled to Indian Springs golf course to compete against Greenville and Roxana. The Panthers would tie Greenville with 209, having them tie for first overall. Roxana would finish with a 234.Wednesday, August 30, 2017

PANA — Pana boys golf were only two strokes from finishing in second place in their tri-match against Altamont and Hillsboro. Hillsboro would take first place in team score, with a 150, while also having the medalist and runner up scores in Alex Eickhoff (34) and Alex White (38).Wednesday, August 30, 2017

GREENVILLE — “Last year, we were a second-half team. Today, we were a second-half team,” said Pana Head Football Coach Trevor Higgins after a slow opening half to the 2017 season. “We have got to do something as a staff to figure out how we can come out firing on all cylinders here in the next few weeks.

ROCHESTER — After losing the first set 25-19, the Pana Panthers (0-1) knew what they had to do. The second set was hard fought with Pana coming out on top 28-25, but Rochester (1-0) ended up being too much for the Panthers as Pana fell 25-23 in the third set.Friday, August 25, 2017

PANA — Pana boys and girls golf competed in their first home match of the season Tuesday, August 22 at Oak Terrace Golf Course. The boys competed against Windsor Stewardson-Strasburg and Shelbyville. The girls faced off against Auburn.Wednesday, August 23, 2017

PANA — Pana competed in a match against Vandalia at Oak Terrace Golf Course in Pana. Vandalia took the team victory with a score of 204 with Pana scoring a 218. Scott Shulman of Vandalia also won the individual medal with a score of 39; Noah Hutchinson of Pana was the runner up with his score of 43.Tuesday, August 22, 2017

PANA — Going into the season, the receiving corps for the Pana Panthers was perhaps an unknown, a question mark as the group returned only one starter from a year ago in Daniel Duduit. Friday night’s Orange and Blue game was only a scrimmage, but Pana may have answered that particular question in a big way.Saturday, August 19, 2017

PANA — Any time a team loses seven seniors, most of them starters that helped comprise the defense, the next season could be considered a rebuilding year. Unfortunately for the Panther soccer program, this seems to be the case.Wednesday, August 16, 2017

PANA — To say that Panther volleyball has been successful the past few seasons would be a huge understatement: in the 2015-2016 campaign, the Panthers put together a 25-13 record with a regional title which was brought to an end by Newton in the first game of Sectionals, the 2016-2017 campaign was even better, finishing with a 26-11 record, a conference championship, and a regional title, but was once again stopped short by a loss to Newton in the first game of the Sectional tournament.Wednesday, August 16, 2017

PANA — It was a sunny day when the boys golfing Panthers of Pana took on Okaw Valley in a non conference match at Oak Terrace Golf Course August 15. Okaw Valley came away with the victory, shooting a 164 against Pana’s 215.Wednesday, August 16, 2017